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Russia has previously been accused of silencing critics such as opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian prison in the Arctic Circle on 16 February this year. The Russian government ...

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Russia has previously been accused of silencing critics such as opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian prison in the Arctic Circle on 16 February this year. The Russian government has ...

Now facing 60 years in a US jail, Ms Hall claims she agreed to bring two suitcases home for a pair of British men under the belief the bags contained only cash. She insists she was forced to ...